Liverpool University Press - Southern Irish Loyalism 1912 - 1949 - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: This book bringstogether new research on loyalism in the 26 counties that would become the Irish Free State. It covers a range of topics and experiences including the Third Home Rule crisis in 1912, the revolutionary period partition independence and Irish participation in the British armed and colonial serviceup to the declaration of the Republic in 1949. The essays gathered here examinewho southern Irish loyalists were what loyalism meant to them how theyexpressed their loyalism their responses to Irish independence and theirexperiences afterwards. The collectionoffers fresh insights and new perspectives on the Irish Revolution and the earlyyears of southern independence based on original archival research. Itaddresses issues of particular historiographical and political interest duringthe ongoing Decade of Centenaries including revolutionary violence sectarianism political allegiance and identity and the Irish border but rather than ceasing its coverage in 1922 or 1923,this book like the lives with which it is concerned continues into the firstdecades of southern Irish independence. List of contributors: Frank Barry Elaine Callinan Jonathan Cherry Seamus Cullen Ian d Alton Sean Gannon Katherine Magee Alan Mc Carthy Pat Mc Carthy Daniel Purcell Joseph Quinn Brian M. Walker Fionnuala Walsh Donald Wood
Title: Southern Irish Loyalism 1912 - 1949
Brand: Liverpool University Press
Barcode: 9781800854796
Pages: 368 Pages, 7 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 4/1/2022
Category: History Of Religion